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Show BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI i STEAMERS COLLIDE AHD. SINK 1 Many Persons Lose Their Lives, i Sixty-one Being Rescued from 1 the Jaws of Hungry Sharks. i ; Singapore. The mall ntoamor La Scyno of tho Messagorles marltlmes servlco, running between Java and 5 Singapore, and on her way to this port, collided early Sunday morning 1 with tho steamer Onda of tho British-India British-India lino, and sank two minutes l later. II Soveral European passengers, In- j eluding Baron and Baroness Benlczki jT tho captain of La Seyne, flvo Euro- !i poan officers and eighty-eight others, comprising natlvo passengers and mombors of tho crow, woro drowned. ; Tho rescuo of sixty-one persons practically from the jaws of shoals of sharks formed a thrilling luoldent of tho wreck. i Tho accident occurred In a thick haze nt 4 o'clock in tho morning. Tho vessels wero steaming at'' good Bpeed and La Soyno was cut almost In half. There "was not time for ' panic nor for any attempt' on tho part of tho officers to got put tho boats. |
